{"id":12655,"date":"2012-09-17T12:59:47","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T19:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=12655"},"modified":"2012-09-17T12:59:47","modified_gmt":"2012-09-17T19:59:47","slug":"ksa-steps-up-genocide-against-shia-population-destroys-ein-imam-hussein-mosque-in-awamiyah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=12655","title":{"rendered":"KSA steps-up genocide against Shia population, Destroys Ein Imam Hussein Mosque in Awamiyah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Un Islamic Saudi Monarchy once again Demolishes a Mosque used By the Shia Muslims in Awamiyah<\/strong><br \/>\n17 September, 2012 &#8211; Jafria News<\/p>\n<p>JNN 17 Sept 2012 Qatif : Saudi security forces have demolished a Shia mosque in Eastern Province as anti-regime demonstrations continue in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Ein Imam Hussein Mosque was razed by the regime forces as part of the crackdown on protesters in the town of Awamiyah.<\/p>\n<p>Prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nemr al-Nemr used to lead daily prayers in the mosque prior to his detention.<\/p>\n<p>Sheikh Nemr was attacked, injured and arrested by the security forces of the Al Saud regime while driving from a farm to his house in the Qatif region of Eastern Province on July 8.<\/p>\n<p>Rights activists say hundreds of political prisoners remain locked up in Saudi jails under harsh conditions and without access to a lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>People are randomly arrested by the Saudi police just for looking suspicious and are even held behind bars for years before they are charged.<\/p>\n<p>According to Human Rights Watch, the Saudi regime \u201croutinely represses expression critical of the government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since February 2011, protesters have held demonstrations on an almost regular basis in Saudi Arabia, mainly in Qatif and Awamiyah in the oil-rich Eastern Province, primarily calling for the release of all political prisoners, freedom of expression and assembly, and an end to widespread discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>However, the demonstrations have turned into protests against the repressive Al Saud regime, especially since November 2011, when Saudi security forces killed five protesters and injured many others in the province. <a href=\"http:\/\/jafrianews.com\/2012\/09\/17\/un-islamic-saudi-monarchy-once-again-demolishes-a-mosque-used-by-the-shia-muslims-in-awamiyah\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8230;source<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"igit_tsb_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crookedbough.com%2F%3Fp%3D12655&amp;text=KSA+steps-up+genocide+against+Shia+population%2C+Destroys+Ein+Imam+Hussein+Mosque+in+Awamiyah&amp;count=horizontal&amp;via=\" style=\"\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Un Islamic Saudi Monarchy once again Demolishes a Mosque used By the Shia Muslims in Awamiyah 17 September, 2012 &#8211; Jafria News JNN 17 Sept 2012 Qatif : Saudi security forces have demolished a Shia mosque in Eastern Province as anti-regime demonstrations continue in the country. The Ein Imam Hussein Mosque was razed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=12655#more-'\" class=\"more-link\">more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[247],"tags":[3506],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12655"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12655"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12657,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12655\/revisions\/12657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}